Chinese New Years Goodies

Chinese New Year is this coming Sunday so yesterday managed to spend almost the whole day making some cookies. The 1st one of top is the Mixed Fruits Butter Cookies which is in the form of Leaf Shapes. It's pretty easy to make and it's great with those dried fruits and butter favour.

Ingredients:
125g Butter
100g Caster Sugar
1 Egg
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
1 Tablespoon Apricot Jam
100g Dried Mixed Fruit
250g Plain Flour, sifted

For Glazing:
1 Egg(lightly beaten)
Some Caster Sugar

Methods:
1. Cream the butter and caster sugar for 1 minute, then add in egg and essence and cream for another 1 minute.
2. Fold in Apricot Jam, Dried Mixed Fruit and Plain Flour then knead into a soft dough.
3. Wrap with clingflim and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to rest it.
4. Roll the dough between sheets of baking paper till 1/2 cm thick. Stamp out cookies with a leaf-shaped cutter.
5. Use a small knife to create lines resembling the leaf's veins. Glaze cookies and coast with caster sugar.
6. Place on lined baking trays and baked ina preheated oven at 170 degree for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Cool on wire racks before storage.


Next on the list are the Honey Cornflakes with Almond Nuts and Pumpkin Seeds. These two are Reyon's favourite cos they both contain nuts and there are very crunchy and tasty because of the golden syrup. This was the most easiest cookies of all just need to boil, stir and bake.

Ingredients:
25g Unsalted Butter
1.5 Tablespoons Sugar
1.5 Tablespoons Golden Syrup
1.5 Cups Cornflakes
1/2 Cup Chopped Nuts/Pumpkins Seeds/Mixed Fruits

Methods:
1. On the stove, melt the butter in a pot using low heat.
2. Add in sugar and golden syrup and stir until sugar dissolve or mixture almost come to boil.
3. Remove from heat and set aside.
4. Crushed the cornflake and slowly add it into the butter mixture together with the nuts or etc then stir till everything are evenly coated.
5. Spoon the mixture into some small paper cups, sprinkle some colourful bits and baked at a preheat oven of 180 degree for about 10 minutes.
6. Remove and set aside to cool.